The Latest Breaking News from Lords

Hundreds of campaigners congregated outside Parliament ahead of a debate in the House of Lords over the Bill.

MPs passed it without sufficient safeguarding. If there is any point to the upper chamber, it is to give the legislation the open debate we need, says political journalist and author Lucy Webster

Friday will be the first of two days of Second Reading of the Bill, and the furthest assisted dying legislation has gone in Parliament to date.

This is the furthest assisted dying legislation has progressed in the Westminster parliament to date.

Supporters of assisted dying, including Childline founder Dame Esther Rantzen – who is terminally ill – have appealed to peers not to block the Bill.

Lords amend planning bill to include protections for wild animals, including bird-safe glass and swift bricks

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The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill will come before the House of Lords for its first debate among peers on Friday.

Cross-bench peer says support and hostility has been unleashed but insists ‘really detailed discussion’ is needed